Mindful Communication Challenge, Part 2: Is It True?

Healthy communication can be challenging. One of the things that will help us to communicate well is if we look within ourselves to see if what we are planning to say is true. We need to get clear on what our own biases may be, what hurts or experiences may be influencing how we view things, and honestly offer our best understanding at the moment. This may require that we say things more often in a tentative manner rather than in a definitive way. Our sentences might start with words like, “It seems to me…” or “I am thinking about it this way…” or “I am not sure but this is how it appears to me…”